16 May 2010

While mercury soars across the sub
continent, parts of the wettest state, Kerala, suffers from drought.
This is unusual for God s own country. It is also unusual for the garden
city, Bangalore, to touch 38 degrees centigrade. It is unusual that
there are no glaciers in the summer months, even 40 km around Srinagar's
east-side mountains. While Rajasthan is known for its desert heat, it
is unusual that many of its districts are experiencing about 6 degree
centigrade temperature increase.

But this is not about an
unbearable summer where everything and everyone seems to wilt away and
there is general listlessness. This is really about some myths and
reality.

The myth is that climate has always changed so this is normal. The
reality is that the climate is changing at a speed like never before.
The myth is that we can wait. The reality is that we have no time.
The myth is that climate change action is costly. The reality is that
inaction will cost us more.
The myth is that money grows on trees . The reality is that it actually
does.
The myth is that we can change – the reality is that we can t change
fast enough.